watching this fascinating documentary on pianist philip glass directed by adelaide-hero scott hicks make me sad that i didn't invest in one those amazing chuck close-designed artist series t-shirts for gap last season depicting glass himself (see my friend max padilla had the good sense to do so).

Thursday, August 27, 2009

a special shout out of praise to the wonderful writer who headed up to heaven yesterday. on behalf of myself and my friend denajua (together we relished every diary insert from dunne's vanity fair days), here's lookin' at you DD (pictured here with helmut newton in monte carlo during the mid-80s).

Thursday, August 13, 2009

thanks to the lovely jennifer krasinski i discovered this truly great american artist's work this week and not surprisingly, this 64 year old is one of the leading pioneers of black portraiture. his life-sized oil paintings are the stuff that magic is made of. brilliant and inspiring.